Retropie Bluetooth Issue

Msch87

Hey everyone, new here. I also looked around for a topic on this, didnt really find much so I apologize in advance if this has already been answered.

But, I have a bluetooth connectivity problem. I've had the Retropie for close to a month now, and since then I was using my ps4s controller as a controller for playing, with a wired SNES usb as secondary. The other day I went to go see if I can connect my ps3 controller, to free up my ps4 controller. I installed the ps3 drivers, and tried to connect the ps3 controller and I couldnt get it to work. I thought to myself, "ok, not a big deal. I'll just continue using my ps4 controller."

I went to go re-pair my ps4 controller, and the bluetooth screen keeps freezing, and I keep getting a blinking underscore in the bottom left corner of the screen when I try to pair. So I researched it online and I read that it looks like the ps3 bluetooth drivers overwrite the Retropies bluetooth.

My question, is that is there any solution to a fix to this? I havent been able to come across any definite fix, unless I'm looking in the wrong places. I also really dont feel like reinstalling the entire Retropie again just to fix it, I have so much stuff on it. I know I could easily just use the ps3 controller once I figure out how to pair it, but the Bluetooth isnt working for anything, which is a pain.

So is there an easy fix to this? Thanks again guys for your answers

BuZz

@Msch87 when you installed the ps3 driver it opens a dialog saying

NOTE: You cannot currently use PS3 controllers with other bluetooth devices. The PS3 controller driver disables the standard bluetooth stack. If you want to use a wireless keyboard along with your PS3 controllers you can use 2.4ghz wireless devices that come with their own dongle.

Did you remove the driver before trying to pair a standard bluetooth device ?

Msch87

@BuZz

No, I havent removed the ps3 driver yet. Strange, I dont remember ever getting that message either. I will try to remove the driver tonight, how do I go about doing that? Sorry, I'm still kind of new to the whole retropie experience so I apologize if that was a noob question. But removing the driver will fix the problem? Do I remove it through the same options I took to install it?

BuZz

@Msch87 yes. go to manage packages -> drivers -> ps3controller -> remove.

Msch87

Awesome! I'll do that tonight then. Thank you so much!

BuZz

When you installed the ps3controller driver, after installing did you do anything else ? The message is shown when you go to "configure" it after installing.

Msch87

I dont really remember. I was kind of in a hurry because I had people coming over for a retro videogame night, so I might've half assed trying to get the ps3 controller to work. I know I tried to update the bluetooth drivers when I realized my ps4 wasnt pairing anymore. But as for the ps3 driver install, I'm pretty sure all I did was install the drivers

Msch87

So I finally got around to checking it out tonight, I go into retropie setup, but I dont have an option at all for manage packages. I dont know if I have an updated retropie or not, but I have no option for that. How do I find manage packages?

AlexMurphy

@Msch87 what options do you see?

Msch87

These are the options I have when I first load retropie-setup. I have:

1 Binary Based Installation
2 Source-based installation
3 Setup/Config (doesnt have what I'm looking for in it)
4 Experimental packages (doesnt have what I'm looking for in it)
5 install individual emulators from binary or source
6 uninstall retropie
U update retropie-setup script
R Perform Reboot

AlexMurphy

@Msch87 What version of the setup script do you have? The latest is 4.1.18.

AlexMurphy

@Msch87 update your script. I suspect yours is quite old.

Msch87

Well, I think something messed up. Unfortunately, now this is a switch of topic but before I went to update the script, I had my controller idle to look up info on my phone, and my jerkweed cat pressed a button on my controller (laid on it), and hit Binary Based Installation. I didnt want to pull the plug on the system, in fear of it bricking or something while it was installing stuff, but after 20 minutes that installation went through.

It brought it back to the retropie setup so THEN I hit update script, it updated and then I went to perform reboot after deleting the ps3 driver. Now my entire retropie is brought to a black screen with the different colors on it, and on the top it says:

/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation: error while loading shared libraries: libvlc.so.5: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory

After that, it shows the typed colored picture of whatever it is and then it gives me a prompt to enter a command (pi@retropie:~ $)

Sorry, I know this is totally off topic but now I have no idea what to do, I need help baaaad. What did I mess up, and what do I have to do to fix it?

P.S: never own a cat.

herb_fargus

@Msch87 update setup script. Reinstall emulationstation

Msch87

Ok, how do I do both of those through this black screen.

I know I sound like a bit of a noob, but I only slightly am with this. I bought an emulation kit off amazon, and it already had everything already installed on it. So how do I go about doing that through this screen?

Thanks again for all your help, I really do appreciate it.

AlexMurphy

@Msch87 enter sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh exactly as I have typed it here.

Msch87

Nevermind, I got everything working again by sudo apt install libvlc5 and sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade

Msch87

@AlexMurphy thank you!

Msch87

So, lol, hopefully this will be the last question I have to ask so I can leave you all alone.

I have everything loaded back up now. Script updated, AND deleted the ps3 driver (before everything went dead on me). I got back into EmulationStation to pair my ps4 controller, and now when I go to pair the device, its stuck on searching until I pull the plug on the pi. What do I do about this? Any fix for it?

Msch87

Anyone?